Offered Programs at EKU
Offered Degrees/Programs
Cert., AS, BS, MS, DR, Post-Grad.
Offered Through Online Classes
Cert., BS, MS, DR, Post-Grad.
Total Number of Programs
169
Total Number of Online Programs
27
Total Number of Completers
3,555
Eastern Kentucky University offers 169 programs through Certificate, Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, and Post Graduate Certificate . By degree types, it offers 8 Associate, 86 Bachelor's, 39 Master's, 3 Doctorate (professional), 12 1-2 Years certificates, 4 Post-BS Certificate, 5 Post-MS Certificate programs .
It also offers its programs via online learning and 27 programs are available through Certificate, Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, and Post Graduate Certificate . By degree types, it offers 2 Bachelor's, 13 Master's, 2 Doctorate (professional), 3 1-2 Years certificates, 1 Post-BS Certificate, 4 Post-MS Certificate program in the virtual environment.
For the academic year 2022-2023, total 3,555 students have completed their degree/programs and graduated from Eastern Kentucky University.
The following table summarizes the offered degrees and programs with number of programs and number of completers.
By degrees/certificates, 117 Associate, 2,427 Bachelor's, 743 Master's, 41 Doctorate (professional), 16 1-2 Years certificates, 27 Post-BS Certificate, and 39 Post-MS Certificate were awareded by EKU.
Number of Programs Number of Online Programs Number of Completers
Associate 8 0 117 Bachelor's 86 2 2,427 Master's 39 13 743 Doctorate (professional) 3 2 41 1-2 Years certificates 12 3 16 Post-BS Certificate 4 1 27 Post-MS Certificate 5 4 39 Total 169 27 3,555
The following table shows the best programs at Eastern Kentucky University based on earning after completing the program by degree types.
Certificate Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Social Work $22,500
Associate Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse $51,800
Bachelor Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse $57,000 Construction Management $54,500 Computer and Information Sciences $49,200
Master Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse $88,300 Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (other) $70,000 Clinical Psychology $46,500 Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services $38,900 Special Education and Teaching $37,700
The following table lists the popular programs at Eastern Kentucky University based on number of completers for each offered programs in 2022-2023.
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation
General Studies 43 - Industrial Technology/Technician 31 -
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation
Psychology 222 $26,100 Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration 151 - Industrial Safety Technology/Technician 116 - Elementary Education and Teaching 71 - Business/Commerce 63 $28,300
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments 29 -
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 28 $38,900
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation
Intelligence 35 -
The follwing tabs shows all major programs offered at EKU by awared level. You can check online avaiability, number of completers, and average earning after graduation for each major by expanding the major program.
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism
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0 completers - Speech Communication and Rhetoric ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies
✔ (1 completers)
8 completers - Legal Assistant/Paralegal ✔ 8 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Mathematics and Statistics
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3 completers - Mathematics and Statistics (other) ✕ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
✔ (1 completers)
0 completers - Corrections ✕ 0 - Securities Services Administration/Management ✕ 0 - Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician ✕ 0 - Homeland Security ✔ 0 - Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management ✕ 0 - Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (other) ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
✔ (1 completers)
0 completers - Youth Services/Administration ✔ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences
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0 completers - Geographic Information Science and Cartography ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
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5 completers -
Accounting ✕ 5 - Total 16
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture
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11 completers - Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (other) ✕ 11 -
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Education
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6 completers - Technical Teacher Education ✕ 6 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology
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22 completers - Industrial Technology/Technician ✕ 22 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies
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4 completers - Legal Assistant/Paralegal ✕ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities
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45 completers $26,900 General Studies ✕ 45 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
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10 completers - Criminal Justice/Police Science ✕ 10 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
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19 completers -
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) ✕ 9 - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse ✕ 10 $51,800 Total 117
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture
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19 completers - Agricultural Production Operations ✕ 19 $32,800 Ornamental Horticulture ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation
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23 completers - Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management ✕ 23 $24,000
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism
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72 completers $25,800 Speech Communication and Rhetoric ✕ 41 $25,800 Journalism ✕ 0 - Radio and Television ✕ 22 $22,100 Public Relations/Image Management ✕ 9 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
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29 completers $49,200 Computer and Information Sciences ✕ 29 $49,200
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
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125 completers - Curriculum and Instruction ✕ 1 - Special Education and Teaching ✕ 18 $31,400 Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness ✕ 4 - Elementary Education and Teaching ✕ 62 - Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching ✕ 23 - Business Teacher Education ✕ 0 - English/Language Arts Teacher Education ✕ 5 - Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education ✕ 1 - Mathematics Teacher Education ✕ 0 - Technical Teacher Education ✕ 4 - History Teacher Education ✕ 7 - Spanish Language Teacher Education ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology
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146 completers - Industrial Safety Technology/Technician ✕ 120 - Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians (other) ✕ 15 - Engineering/Industrial Management ✕ 11 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
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31 completers - French Language and Literature ✕ 0 - Spanish Language and Literature ✕ 10 - Sign Language Interpretation and Translation ✕ 20 - American Sign Language, Other ✕ 1 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Work and Family Studies
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38 completers - Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies ✕ 10 - Human Development and Family Studies ✕ 28 $25,000
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies
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29 completers - Legal Assistant/Paralegal ✕ 29 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
English Language and Literature
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24 completers $20,900 English Language and Literature ✕ 24 $20,900
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities
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164 completers $25,800 General Studies ✕ 164 - Humanities/Humanistic Studies ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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90 completers $20,200 Biology/Biological Sciences ✕ 37 $20,200 Biomedical Sciences ✕ 53 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Mathematics and Statistics
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8 completers - Mathematics ✕ 3 - Statistics ✕ 5 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
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31 completers - International/Global Studies ✕ 7 - Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) ✕ 24 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
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92 completers - Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management ✕ 20 $25,100 Sport and Fitness Administration/Management ✕ 29 - Kinesiology and Exercise Science ✕ 43 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Philosophy and Religious Studies
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6 completers - Philosophy ✕ 6 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Physical Sciences
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42 completers - Chemistry ✕ 7 - Forensic Chemistry ✕ 30 - Geology/Earth Science ✕ 3 - Physics ✕ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
✔ (1 completers)
203 completers $26,100 Psychology ✔ 203 $26,100
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
✔ (1 completers)
313 completers $29,500 Corrections ✔ 3 - Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration ✕ 153 - Criminal Justice/Police Science ✕ 8 - Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician ✕ 21 $46,500 Fire Services Administration ✕ 16 - Fire/Arson Investigation and Prevention ✕ 27 - Homeland Security ✕ 77 $35,100 Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism ✕ 8 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
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78 completers - Social Work ✕ 78 $30,300
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences
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55 completers - Anthropology ✕ 8 - Economics ✕ 0 - Geographic Information Science and Cartography ✕ 1 - Political Science and Government ✕ 29 - Sociology ✕ 17 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Transportation and Materials Moving
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76 completers $37,200 Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology ✕ 76 $37,200 Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Visual and Performing Arts
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52 completers - Art/Art Studies ✕ 10 $21,700 Fine/Studio Arts ✕ 17 - Music ✕ 25 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
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351 completers - Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist ✕ 28 - Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator ✕ 20 - Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) ✕ 25 - Athletic Training/Trainer ✕ 0 - Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist ✕ 17 - Environmental Health ✕ 16 - Public Health Education and Promotion ✕ 28 - Occupational Therapy/Therapist ✕ 76 - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse ✕ 141 $57,000
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
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317 completers $28,300 Business/Commerce ✕ 82 $28,300 Business Administration and Management ✕ 31 $36,100 Accounting ✕ 52 $37,700 Finance ✕ 30 - Management Information Systems ✕ 19 - Marketing/Marketing Management ✕ 44 $33,800 Insurance ✕ 17 $42,800 Fashion Merchandising ✕ 13 - Construction Management ✕ 29 $54,500
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
History
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13 completers -
History ✕ 13 $21,400 Total 2,427
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
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11 completers - Computer and Information Sciences ✕ 11 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
✔ (9 completers)
152 completers - Curriculum and Instruction ✔ 4 - Educational Leadership and Administration ✔ 7 $37,400 Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision ✔ 5 - Higher Education/Higher Education Administration ✕ 9 - Special Education and Teaching ✔ 15 $37,700 Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented ✔ 4 - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments ✕ 29 - Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services ✕ 26 $38,900 Elementary Education and Teaching ✔ 10 - Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching ✔ 3 - Secondary Education and Teaching ✕ 3 - Teacher Education, Multiple Levels ✔ 16 - Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education ✕ 5 - School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist ✔ 16 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology
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11 completers - Engineering/Industrial Management ✕ 11 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
English Language and Literature
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14 completers - English Language and Literature ✕ 3 - Creative Writing ✕ 11 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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8 completers - Biology/Biological Sciences ✕ 8 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Mathematics and Statistics
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4 completers - Mathematics ✕ 0 - Mathematics and Statistics ✕ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
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26 completers - Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management ✕ 8 - Kinesiology and Exercise Science ✕ 18 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Physical Sciences
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4 completers - Chemistry ✕ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
✔ (1 completers)
56 completers - Psychology ✕ 17 - Clinical Psychology ✕ 11 $46,500 Industrial and Organizational Psychology ✔ 28 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
✔ (1 completers)
127 completers $31,200 Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration ✕ 4 - Criminal Justice/Safety Studies ✔ 5 - Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (other) ✕ 118 $70,000
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
✔ (1 completers)
29 completers - Public Administration ✕ 16 - Social Work ✔ 13 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Visual and Performing Arts
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9 completers - Music ✕ 9 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✔ (1 completers)
270 completers - Athletic Training/Trainer ✕ 11 - Public Health ✕ 21 $36,800 Occupational Therapy/Therapist ✕ 74 - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse ✔ 164 $88,300
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
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17 completers - Business/Commerce ✕ 17 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
History
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5 completers -
History ✕ 5 - Total 743
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
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13 completers - Clinical Psychology ✕ 13 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
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28 completers -
Occupational Therapy/Therapist ✔ 18 - Nursing Practice ✔ 10 - Total 41
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
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18 completers - Educational Leadership and Administration ✕ 18 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
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0 completers -
Nursing Practice ✕ 0 - Total 18
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
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0 completers - Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
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12 completers - Psychology (other) ✕ 12 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
✔ (1 completers)
13 completers - Social Work ✔ 13 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✕
2 completers -
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene ✕ 2 - Total 27
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
✔ (1 completers)
23 completers - Educational Leadership and Administration ✔ 23 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
✔ (1 completers)
3 completers - School Psychology ✕ 0 - Applied Behavior Analysis ✔ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✔
13 completers -
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing ✔ 1 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing ✔ 12 - Total 39